ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,975, issued on Oct. 21.
"Opto-electronic assemblies" was invented by Peter Spencer (Stafford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opto-electronic power transfer assembly comprises a first circuit comprising a primary LED (3), and a second circuit comprising a secondary LED (5), wherein the primary and secondary LEDs are optically coupled to each other so as to provide a bidirectional current transfer ratio therebetween of at least 32%. With such an assembly, light can be used in place of a magnetic field to make a photonic equivalent of an induction transformer."
The patent was filed on March 10, 2021, under Application ...